Social capital in disaster risk management; a case study of social capital mobilization following the 1934 Kathmandu valley earthquake in Nepal

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-328

  Bhandari, Roshan Bhakta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community organizations; Disaster risk management; Earthquakes; Nepal; Social capital; The 1934 Kathmandu Valley earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926386150     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-06-2013-0105     Document Type: Article

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